PETA asks GW to ban Fur from Warhammer characters

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**KommissarKiln**

I haven't been on DakkaDakka for a while, but I have hunted down this thread to gauge the reactions of other people. I was not disappointed.

In all honesty though, people who never heard about 40k are hearing about 40k, so free publicity, right?

**Ian Sturrock**

Yeah, I think PETA were hoping for free publicity for themselves, but I'm rather hoping that GW will get more publicity out of it, especially given the generally satirical response.

**Dakka Wolf**

I wonder if PETA will take issue with Satyres next...damn those goat wearing creeps!
Being half goat is no excuse for wearing goat fur!

**Ginjitzu**

Spoiler:

They're like the Westboro baptists of animal welfare, if the Westboro baptists secretly engaged in homosexual orgies.

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

KommissarKiln wrote:
I haven't been on DakkaDakka for a while, but I have hunted down this thread to gauge the reactions of other people. I was not disappointed.

In all honesty though, people who never heard about 40k are hearing about 40k, so free publicity, right?

I'd argue it's even better than that, given the wider timing.

GW have made a few headlines in the UK given their recent financials being better than expected (such things are getting closer attention in the press due to Brexit).

And as Nerds, we know that 40k's story is advancing.

And being a Long Time Nerd, I must know dozens, if not hundreds of people who used to play, but moved on (no, not always rules rules rules. More commonly 'got married/had a kid/job moved/discovered wimmins and alcohols/went travelling'. That's a lot of people who might see this lunacy by PETA and think 'cor, I used to play that. Wonder what it looks like now?'. It's not going to take a great many getting hooked again to give GW an unexpected boost

Spesh those who did the kiddywink route about 10 years ago....their sprogs might be even moar new blood brought in if Dad picks it up.

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

Games Workshop finally stop laughing long enough to issue a response to Peta

Well.....it is a response!

**DarkTraveler777**

In the pursuit of victory and survival, and in the name of the Holy Emperor of Mankind, you will – of course – be required to engage in deadly combat with terrifying foes that may well be trying to flay you alive, but that’s no excuse to stoop to their level. When engaging such foes, you are permitted to undertake the following actions:

Shoot the foe. This is not limited to a single las blast or round. You may continue shooting the foe until long after he has fallen, blasting apart his body until nothing remains to threaten the sanctity of the Imperium.

Cut the foe. This can take the form of a stabbing or slashing motion. You may use knives, swords and other implements to remove limbs and maim. You may even impale the foe’s body on a polearm as a warning to others of the fate that awaits them should they stray from the Emperor’s path.

Crush the foe. Whether under the iron might of a Leman Russ battle tank or the bludgeoning blows of a rock, you may mash the foe’s bones and beat him to a bloody pulp.

What you may NOT do is wear any part of the foe. Not even if they are vicious Clawed Fiends, deadly Khymerae, or ferocious Squigs.

Fething hilarious!

**kronk**

Yeah, that was great!

**Grensche**

That was a great response from GW. If you call it a response..

PETA likes to rain on everyone's parade and make you depressed. I think they get more enjoyment out of showing animal torture videos and making everyone sad rather than telling people about animal abuse and what to do when seeing it.

**odinsgrandson**

Thought for today:
‘Be sound of mind or your argument is lost before it has begun’

I think that is the imperial maxim way of shaking ones head and muttering "dumbass..."

**Azazelx**

fething awesome.

**Frozocrone**

This is the greatest thing I've read today.

**Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl**

It was fun. I'm still saddened by all the geeks that went full “PETA is attacking 40k” or “PETA is offended by fur on miniatures” when the reality is simply “PETA is trying to use yet another bait to make you read their usual IRL defense on why fur is bad (and doesn't actually give a damn about fur in miniatures or GW)”, though. Please stop being so thin-skinned and get able to understand things :(.

**Azazelx**

Gaming (tabletop, minis, video) skews young, often passionate, and to an extent immature. It's no surprise that their admitted trolling got them the reaction that they were after.

They admit as much (to the trolling/"awareness campaign") and it got them a lot of hits and a bunch of media attention.
http://www.peta.org.uk/blog/peta-warhammer-40000-cant-serious/

Here's the follow-up for anyone who doesn't want to give them the clicks:

Peta wrote:
PETA and Warhammer 40,000: ‘You Can’t Be Serious?’
Posted by Dan 6 days ago | Permalink | Comments (9)
People around the world are laughing at PETA’s request that Games Workshop remove the “fur trim” from its plastic Warhammer miniatures.

Animal rights group PETA calls for Warhammer fur clothing ban http://ttgami.ng/2kiFmgS
9:46 PM - 30 Jan 2017
27 27 Retweets 35 35 likes
We’re laughing, too! For the cost of a postage stamp, our website has received record traffic – and the people who were prompted to visit our site by this story can’t have missed the prominently featured eyewitness footage showing that animals in real life are electrocuted, drowned, and sometimes even skinned alive for their fur.

Here’s a little secret: we know that Warhammer characters are fictional, and we’re not losing sleep worrying about what Leman Russ or the other miniatures are “wearing”. We are, however, lying awake at night thinking of ways to make people aware that real animals who are raised for their fur, skin, or flesh are suffering every day. We’ll sleep a little more easily tonight knowing that we’ve managed to get nearly a quarter of a million people (and counting!) to visit PETA.org.uk in the days since we sent our letter, because – whatever their reason for doing so – they’ll now know more about the cruelty behind fur.

So by all means, have a laugh at this campaign – you can even laugh at us – but please remember that the fur industry is a living hell for animals. If that bothers you, and it should, please share our fur exposés with your friends and family.

**Casey's Law**

Recently it's as if Games Workshop wants me to like them?

...That can't be right.

**Davor**

Isn't this the same PETA who kills dogs and cats because they don't want to take care of them? Hypocrisy much?

**MechaEmperor7000**

Orlanth wrote:
SAVE THE TYRANIDS

Take all my exalts!

**Baron Klatz**

Isn't this the same PETA who kills dogs and cats because they don't want to take care of them? Hypocrisy much?

They're pretty much the kings of it. Before this whole thing started I thought they were harmless morons that ruined fur coats and were just useless.

Holy cow I was wrong. The amount horror stories people have shared of how many animals they've kidnapped and killed is mind boggling.

I actually found a poster earlier in a random search that summed them up perfectly. (Won't post pic as to not offend people)

Spoiler:

Anyway, great response by GW but I wish it was followed by a legal action.

The sooner those people are shut down the better.

**General Kroll**

Azazelx wrote:
Gaming (tabletop, minis, video) skews young, often passionate, and to an extent immature. It's no surprise that their admitted trolling got them the reaction that they were after.

They admit as much (to the trolling/"awareness campaign") and it got them a lot of hits and a bunch of media attention.
http://www.peta.org.uk/blog/peta-warhammer-40000-cant-serious/

Here's the follow-up for anyone who doesn't want to give them the clicks:

Peta wrote:
PETA and Warhammer 40,000: ‘You Can’t Be Serious?’
Posted by Dan 6 days ago | Permalink | Comments (9)
People around the world are laughing at PETA’s request that Games Workshop remove the “fur trim” from its plastic Warhammer miniatures.

Animal rights group PETA calls for Warhammer fur clothing ban http://ttgami.ng/2kiFmgS
9:46 PM - 30 Jan 2017
27 27 Retweets 35 35 likes
We’re laughing, too! For the cost of a postage stamp, our website has received record traffic – and the people who were prompted to visit our site by this story can’t have missed the prominently featured eyewitness footage showing that animals in real life are electrocuted, drowned, and sometimes even skinned alive for their fur.

Here’s a little secret: we know that Warhammer characters are fictional, and we’re not losing sleep worrying about what Leman Russ or the other miniatures are “wearing”. We are, however, lying awake at night thinking of ways to make people aware that real animals who are raised for their fur, skin, or flesh are suffering every day. We’ll sleep a little more easily tonight knowing that we’ve managed to get nearly a quarter of a million people (and counting!) to visit PETA.org.uk in the days since we sent our letter, because – whatever their reason for doing so – they’ll now know more about the cruelty behind fur.

So by all means, have a laugh at this campaign – you can even laugh at us – but please remember that the fur industry is a living hell for animals. If that bothers you, and it should, please share our fur exposés with your friends and family.

If that is their true aim, maybe a more tongue in cheek approach would have garnered a more positive response from us. They could have easily saved this for April fools and it would have still got a tonne of publicity, and we would have all probably thought a little more of them for it.

But in doing trolly campaigns like this they may get traffic, but they undermine themselves.

**Ginjitzu**

Azazelx wrote:
Gaming (tabletop, minis, video) skews young, often passionate, and to an extent immature. It's no surprise that their admitted trolling got them the reaction that they were after.

They admit as much (to the trolling/"awareness campaign") and it got them a lot of hits and a bunch of media attention.
http://www.peta.org.uk/blog/peta-warhammer-40000-cant-serious/

They've closed the comments on that post, disallowing further discourse. I get the sense that in spite of their claim that they were simply trolling to highlight a more serious issue, inwardly they know they dun goofed and made themselves look like lunatics. And by they, I mean Dan Howe.

**Overread**

https://www.reapermini.com

Reaper also has an informative news post on the subject; but has one-upped GW by revealing that they only model FAKE fur and leather!

**Azazelx**

OK, that was quality.

**Grot 6**

Does anyone want to go to Fenris and hunt down a giant wolf pelt coat with me?

Unleash the hounds!

**Dakka Wolf**

Grot 6 wrote:
Does anyone want to go to Fenris and hunt down a giant wolf pelt coat with me?

Unleash the hounds!

Hounds? That's a bit unfair.
You deserve the pelt when you track it's original owner yourself and put it down with a knife.

**Pacific**

Always love that things like this get their attention and focus, while things like wider and wider distribution of halal meat go without challenge.

Always easier to pick on the soft, inconsequential target that can't fight back.

**Lord Kragan**

Pacific wrote:
Always love that things like this get their attention and focus, while things like wider and wider distribution of halal meat go without challenge.

Always easier to pick on the soft, inconsequential target that can't fight back.

Halal meat sells, but the same can't be said about news regarding Halal meat sales.

They got egos' to feed, think of them!!!

**Sidstyler**

Davor wrote:
Isn't this the same PETA who kills dogs and cats because they don't want to take care of them? Hypocrisy much?

They seriously believe that it's better for animals to be killed than to live their lives as pets. It makes me sick.

For that I will never be able to take PETA seriously, and I don't give them the attention or clicks they want, either. I saw the news trending on Facebook, shook my head and kept going. I'll start believing that they give a gak about the treatment of animals as soon as they stop kidnapping* and murdering them.

*They've actually stolen family pets from their homes and euthanized them before. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/douglas-anthony-cooper/peta-steals-and-kills-lit_b_6156196.html

**Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl**

Here’s a little secret: we know that Warhammer characters are fictional, and we’re not losing sleep worrying about what Leman Russ or the other miniatures are “wearing”.

Called it. It was just so OBVIOUS.

Pacific wrote:
Always love that things like this get their attention and focus, while things like wider and wider distribution of halal meat go without challenge.

Always easier to pick on the soft, inconsequential target that can't fight back.

Always love how people who totally aren't xenophobes think halal meat is the worst animal abuse issue and the only one they care about. I genuinely support animal defense groups that do include this in their fights, and I genuinely despise people that pretends to care about animals well-being when speaking of halal meat and yet gorge themselves on foie gras. But I trust you ain't one of those people.

**Ratius**

Saw this on facebook. deleted the thread /post.
Mind numbing bollox.

**Casey's Law**

It tickles me every time someone posts in this thread to point out how other people are being sooo stupid and giving PETA the free advertising that they want.

...and the thread bounces back up the index page and the view counter dial spins some more.

Hahaha!